>[much snipped]
>
>> You may choose as a personal lifestyle choice to enjoy other forms of
>> protein, but I defy you to find a more sustainable production system than
>> western beef.
>
>> Oh yeah, the C02! 150 years ago, 30 times as many buffaloes roamed the
>> same states that produce western beef now. They didn't eat any less &
>> they certainly didn't burp or fart any less than the cattle do now.
>> Please stop the gratuitous beef bashing & confine your criticism to
>> intensive confinement systems.
>
>Hear! Hear! And well said.
>
>Having grown up in the central High Plains, I don't know how many times
I've had
>the same discussion with individuals far less informed than Bill. While we
all
>abhor the effects of confinement feeding, particularly those of us that
have
>experienced feedlots firsthand, that's no reason to blanketly target _all_
means
>of raising beef cattle.
>
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